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Henry Miller
American
Author
Born:
Dec 26
,
1891
Died:
Jun 7
,
1980
Always
Life
Man
Own
Which
World
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Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
Henry Miller
Man
Matter
Own
Every
Destiny
Follow
Only
Imperative
Leads
Him
Accept
His
Where
Every Man
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.
Henry Miller
Love
Enough
One Thing
Give
Never
Get
The One Thing
Thing
The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.
Henry Miller
World
Grass
Awesome
Blade
Gives
Magnificent
Mysterious
Attention
Becomes
Itself
Close
Close Attention
Any
Moment
Even
Thing
True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
Henry Miller
Life
Strength
Submission
Lies
Something
Through
True
Beyond
Devotion
Himself
True Strength
Permits
His
Which
Dedicate
An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
Henry Miller
Alone
Loneliness
Needs
He
Always
Artist
We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy.
Henry Miller
Fly
Revolution
Control
Rich
Anarchy
Danger
Always
American
Flags
Poor
Means
Things
Two
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
Henry Miller
Peace
Will
Having
Through
Come
Any
Being
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.
Henry Miller
Experience
Dark
Benefit
Spontaneous
Leap
Without
Act
Growth
Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.
Henry Miller
Life
Progress
Whatever
Daring
Through
Adaptation
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
Henry Miller
Life
Beautiful
Music
You
Yourself
People
World
Rich
See
Develop
Simply
Souls
Forget
Literature
Interest
Interesting
Interesting People
Things
Treasures
Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
Henry Miller
Life
Beautiful
Music
You
Yourself
People
World
Rich
See
Develop
Simply
Souls
Forget
Literature
Interest
Interesting
Interesting People
Things
Treasures
If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.
Henry Miller
Destination
Looking
Way
Anchored
Rather
Never
True
New
Also
Always
Arriving
Departing
New Way
Place
Eternally
Things
No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.
Henry Miller
Great
Wise
Man
Surrender
Guidance
Own
Enough
Our
Way
Destiny
Restore
Only
Lead
Any
Anyone
Which
Us
Belief
Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.
Henry Miller
Hope
Fear
Losing
Lose
Ourselves
Finding
No Hope
Restraint
Give
Directions
Until
Full
Why
There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.
Henry Miller
Crazy
World
Becoming
Salvation
Which
Adapted
We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.
Henry Miller
Digest
Magazines
Facts
Talk
Another
Readings
Newspapers
Theories
The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.
Henry Miller
Leadership
Leader
Way
Point
Lead
He
Content
Real
Need
The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.
Henry Miller
World
Walks
Over
Always
Up
Gets
Dies
Again
Skeleton
Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.
Henry Miller
Faith
Enthusiasm
Miracles
Nothing
Creation
Every
Back
Arch
Supporting
Like
Occur
Goes
Then
Believes
Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.
Henry Miller
Reality
Chaos
Written
Score
Which
The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.
Henry Miller
Love
Enough
Give
Only
Never
Get
The Only Thing
Thing
The world is the mirror of myself dying.
Henry Miller
Myself
World
Mirror
Dying
The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.
Henry Miller
Man
Hero
Action
Immense
Involved
Difference
Ordinary
Ordinary Man
Acts
I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots.
Henry Miller
World
Black
Long
Mushroom
Settling
See
Poisoned
Disaster
Withering
Spreading
America
Curse
Which
Roots
Night
Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed.
Henry Miller
Needs
Whatever
Through
Maintained
Force
Doomed
It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything unique to the level of the herd.
Henry Miller
Tyranny
Herd
Everything
Democratic
Reducing
American
Disease
Vice
Which
Unique
Expresses
Level
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